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Dr. Anton Bartolo is a lawyer by profession. He
graduated from the University of Malta in 1986 and following a period in
private practice he joined the legal department of a leading accountancy
firm. In 1994 Dr Bartolo moved to the Malta International Business
Authority (now the Malta Financial Services Authority) as a senior
manager within the legal unit and worked on the first anti-money
laundering legislation in Malta. In 1999 he was appointed Director for
International Business and subsequently Registrar of Companies, a
position he occupied until the end of 2011. Anton Bartolo currently
holds the position of Director Enforcement within the Malta Financial
Services Authority.

Anton Bartolo continued to retain
responsibility for anti-money laundering matters within the MFSA and for
a number of years was a member of the Joint Committee on Anti-Money
Laundering. Upon the establishment of the Financial Intelligence
Analysis Unit (FIAU) in 2002, Dr Bartolo was appointed member of the
Board of Governors. He is currently the Deputy Chairman of the FIAU.
Over the years Dr Bartolo has been actively involved in providing advice
to government on AML/CFT matters and in the development of AML/CFT
policies and legislation in Malta.

Anton Bartolo is the head of
the Maltese delegation to MONEYVAL. He has been a member of the Maltese
delegation ever since the committee was established in December 1997. Dr
Bartolo was first elected Vice President of MONEYVAL in December 2009.
He is also co-chair (representing MONEYVAL) of the Europe Eurasia
Regional Review Group within the ICRG process of the Financial Action
Task Force.